Chapter 172: On the Road
The past two days have been unusually peaceful, Tong Guan did not come, and Lu Gongru did not send anyone to stop Li Dang from participating in the upcoming competition of the Lonely Mountain Courtyard.
Zhao Ying has been clamoring to see Qin Cao these days, but she has sworn to be the master of Qin Cao, she wants to know some information about Qin Cao's father, Qin Shaoqing, and go back to Bianjing in the future to report to Boss Zhao.
But although Zhao Ying is now dressed as a woman, she has no identity as an official, so naturally she has no way to see Qin Cao, so she has to urge Li Dare to take her to see Qin Cao.
Where would Li Dare agree, he was busy with the bidding now, he didn't want Qin Cao to punch his chest again, and he wanted to prevent himself from participating in the bidding of the Lonely Mountain Courtyard.
In the past few days, Li Dang and Su Min just hid in the dark cabin to discuss the bidding.
"Childe, the villain has already inquired that someone wanted to buy this Gushan Courtyard at a price of 50,000 taels of silver last year, but the Cai family refused, and it is estimated that the price will not fluctuate too much this year," Su Min said: "Childe can pay two to three times the price according to the situation on the spot, and he should be able to take down this courtyard." ”
"Oh!"
Li dared to say: "Li wants to raise the price to five times? ”
"Five-fold?"
Su Min exclaimed: "Then you can buy the entire Lonely Mountain!" ”
Li Dang pondered for a long time and said: "Then Li will add another fifteen times and buy the entire West Lake for a million taels!" ”
“……”
Su Min was speechless, he felt that his owner was shrewd, but he was too big. Li Kang didn't think so, he thought that if the entire West Lake was placed in his previous life, the total price of the land near here could buy a whole small country with a medium area, and he only spent a million silver now, which must be worth the money.
Of course, Su Min didn't believe that Li Kang would really use one million taels of silver to buy the entire West Lake, but Li Kang instructed him to raise at least one million taels of silver within ten days.
"The more the merrier, and be prepared!" Li Dare said.
"No!"
Su Min's eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, although now Li Kang's family has a big business. The business has radiated from Bianjing to Hangzhou, but it is indeed not an easy thing to raise millions of taels of silver in a short period of time. However, as a professional manager, he must of course follow the will of his boss.
Su Min didn't hesitate, he turned around and went down to prepare.
……
Three days passed.
It was time for Li Dang to go to the Hangzhou Mansion to participate in the bidding.
Li Dang dressed as a scholar and began to set off, Zhao Ying pretended to be a scholar, and followed behind Li Kang with a large bookshelf on his back.
And Wu Song guarded an empty sedan chair and sat about a kilometer in front of Li Kang with many guards.
This is Li Kang's plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea.
Li Dare knew that if Tong Guan wanted to stop him from participating in the bidding, he would probably make a move on the road. Trapped Li Kang on the road, missed the time to bid, and made Li Kang automatically out of the game due to being late.
And Su Min, as another chess piece that Li Dang is lurking in, he has already signed up for the bidding a few days ago with Li Dang's Qingyutang Pharmacy in Hangzhou as a guarantee, and Li Dang asked Su Min to go directly to Hangzhou Mansion from the pharmacy.
There are too many accidents in bidding for such things, and since Li Dang is determined to win the Lonely Mountain Courtyard. Of course, it is necessary to install double insurance.
There was just a torrential rain last night and the roads were a little muddy.
Li Dang and Zhao Ying sat on the road, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and Zhao Ying was not tall. But there are a lot of bookshelves, and in order to look realistic, Li Kang also put a few letters of books on them, which made Zhao Ying's steps heavy. It's even more difficult to walk.
"Dead Li Dare, you are so shameless, you actually gave me such a heavy bookshelf to carry!"
Zhao Ying said. She found that Li Dang actually held a folding fan and shook it easily in front of her, which was very good.
"It's called acting, you know?"
After Li Dare finished speaking, he found that Zhao Ying still didn't understand, so he added: "Acting, is to pretend to be something, last time you asked you to pretend to be a person, but you are like a young master, this time let you pretend to be a scholar, you must pretend to be like, otherwise you will show your feet, if it is a big deal, I can ask for you as a husband." ”
Since he grilled fish with Zhao Ying on Phoenix Mountain that night, Li Dang has always called himself his husband to Zhao Ying in private, Zhao Ying listened, at first it was a little awkward, and then the more he listened, the more he felt a sweetness, and the more he listened, the more he wanted to listen.
"Dead Li Kang, why is it always in this palace that I pretend to be a subordinate, I pretend to be a scholar, why can't it be you who pretend to be a subordinate, you pretend to be a scholar?"
Zhao Ying was a little angry, she made a lying stone and stomped her feet, trying to shake off the mud stuck on her boots.
"Didn't your husband say that you want to play the role of a scholar, it's Ying'er, you insist on pretending to be a scholar yourself, and your husband knows that Ying'er understands me." Li Dare said.
"I understand you, you can't be considerate of the palace," Zhao Ying said, "You can't make the bookshelf a little smaller and put a few fewer books on it." ”
"It's not big, it's not big," Li Dang shook his head and said, "This is customized according to the specifications of the bookshelf carried by my brother Leslie Cheung in the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", it is too small, and it will not look like it." ”
Zhao Ying obviously didn't understand any movie, what "A Chinese Ghost Story", but she understood the first half of the sentence, she asked with a look of surprise: "Dead Li Kang, when do you still have a brother surnamed Zhang, where is he now, why don't you bring an introduction?" ”
"Oh, oh! There is one, but unfortunately he died many years ago, he committed suicide, and of course my husband can't take him to see my beloved wife. ”
"Phew, phew! Who is your beloved wife, don't be ashamed," Zhao Ying shook her head and said with some sadness: "It's already immortal, no wonder you say what a Chinese ghost story, my brother can still be with his sweetheart after he dies, then it must be happy, right?" ”
"Yes, it's very happy!" Li Dare said.
After Li Dang finished speaking, he watched a few low-flying swallows on the side of the road pass by, close to the ground, and then pulled away, he recalled the metaphor of the footless bird that is often mentioned, imagining the situation of Zhang Guorong jumping from a high-rise building, and thought to himself, whether it is a movie or reality, my brother's life experience seems to have no chance of happiness.
"Death Li Dare, if you really buy the Lonely Mountain Courtyard, how will the little lady of Qin Cao react when she knows about this, will she really commit suicide?" Zhao Ying suddenly remembered Qin Cao, and she said worriedly.
"No, she is in great trouble, and she has to survive in the workshop, she must want to avenge her family, and now that the revenge has not been avenged, how can she be willing to die?" Li Dang pretended to be indifferent and said, for some reason, when he mentioned the piano exercise, Li Dang still felt a certain discomfort and deep apology in his heart.
He knew that if he didn't design at Hongqiao Ferry and frame the Xixia people, Qin Cao's life trajectory might be different.
"You can take revenge if you die," Zhao Ying lit up her big eyes, looked at Li Kang, still worried, she said: "If you die, you can turn into a ghost, and you can also find an enemy to take revenge." ”
“……”
Li Dang was stunned, he remembered the era he was in now, but the era of superstition about demons, monsters, gods and Buddhas. (To be continued......)